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Taking an ethnographic approach to understanding urban violence, this work examines the problems of crime and police corruption that have led to widespread misery and human rights violations in many of Latin America's new democracies. It argues that public policy change is not enough to stop the vicious cycle of crime and corruption.

Community organization. --- Crime. --- Drug traffic. --- Police corruption. --- Slums. --- Violence. --- Social Science. --- Violence --- Slums --- Crime --- Drug traffic --- Police corruption --- Community organization --- Sociology & Social History --- Social Sciences --- Social Conditions --- CBOs (Community organization) --- Community-based organizations --- Community councils --- Community life --- Police --- Corruption --- Police misconduct --- Drug dealing --- Drug production, Illicit --- Drug smuggling --- Drug trade, Illicit --- Drug trafficking --- Drugs --- Illicit drug production --- Illicit drug trade --- Narcotic trade --- Narcotic traffic --- Narcotic trafficking --- Smuggling of drugs --- Smuggling of narcotics --- Traffic, Drug --- Trafficking in drugs --- Trafficking in narcotics --- Drug abuse and crime --- Narco-terrorism --- City crime --- Crime and criminals --- Crimes --- Delinquency --- Felonies --- Misdemeanors --- Urban crime --- Social problems --- Criminal justice, Administration of --- Criminal law --- Criminals --- Criminology --- Transgression (Ethics) --- Slum clearance --- Housing --- Violent behavior --- Social psychology --- Corrupt practices --- Prices and sale --- Social aspects

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Internal security --- Internal security --- Militia movements --- Militia movements --- Organized crime --- Organized crime --- Political aspects --- Political aspects --- Caribbean Area --- Latin America --- Politics and government. --- Politics and government.

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"The contributors to Cocaine analyze the contemporary production, transit, and consumption of cocaine throughout Latin America and the illicit economy's entanglement with local communities."--

HISTORY / Latin America / General --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social --- Coca industry --- Drug control --- Drug traffic --- Cocaine industry --- Drug dealing --- Drug production, Illicit --- Drug smuggling --- Drug trade, Illicit --- Drug trafficking --- Drugs --- Illicit drug production --- Illicit drug trade --- Narcotic trade --- Narcotic traffic --- Narcotic trafficking --- Smuggling of drugs --- Smuggling of narcotics --- Traffic, Drug --- Trafficking in drugs --- Trafficking in narcotics --- Drug abuse and crime --- Narco-terrorism --- Coca leaf industry --- Social aspects. --- Social aspects --- Prices and sale --- E-books

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A collection exploring how individuals and institutions in contemporary Latin American democracies use violence to impose and contest notions of order, rights, citizenship, and justice.

Violence --- Democracy